THE increase in speculation regarding the international footballing
future of Jack Grealish has resulted in all the fun being sucked out of
the game for the 19-year-old, WWN can reveal.

Grealish produced a fine performance against Liverpool in the FA cup
semi-final which took place at the world famous Wembley football
stadium.

In front of 85,416 cheering fans Grealish played with all the
enthusiasm of a child fulfilling a boyhood dream of becoming a
professional footballer and playing on the biggest stage. However, by
doing so he has invited the shortsighted obsession of and unwanted
attention from the English and Irish sport media.

It is believed several arrests were made outside Wembley after the
game as rival journalists from England and Ireland fought over the right
to own the teenager.

The joy of returning to training with Aston Villa on Monday was
lessened for the 19-year-old due to the intense speculation about his
international future, which saw a player who had next to no media
spotlight on him now constantly followed around by journalists seeking
to lionise and vilify him in equal measure.

Headlines such as ‘Are you a drunken idiot Paddy or an English Lion?’
and ‘Irish till he dies or we kill him’ were seen on the back pages on
the tabloid media in England and Ireland as Grealish practiced free
kicks and complex tricks with less and less enthusiasm.

Police in the Birmingham area have confirmed that they foiled a
kidnap plot by the English FA which would have seen the association take
Grealish in the middle of the night against his will to England’s St.
George’s training facilities, forcing him into the indentured servitude
of a single English cap before fading out of international favour.

The Irish FA and the Irish public have confirmed they will try their
best not to pin their entire hopes on Grealish as they have done to 437
previous internationals.

Grealish ended this morning’s training session at Aston Villa’s
training ground 30 minutes earlier than usual by exiting through the
back door of the facilities to avoid the crowd of baying journalists.